Dr. Qiantao Shi

Senior Research Scientist

Center for Environmental Systems

Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering

Stevens Institute of Technology

Education

• B.S. Shanxi University, 2005-2009

• M.S. Shanxi University, 2009-2012

• Ph.D. Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2012-2016

Expertise

• Water Treatment

• Spectroscopic characterizations of the solid/liquid interfacial mechanism (i.e., Syncrontro-based X-ray absorption, in situ infrared spectroscopy)

• Density functional theory (DFT)

• Synthesis of novel adsorbents

• Surface complexation modeling

Research Interests

• (1) Developing atomic imaging method to reveal the adsorption structures of heavy metals on minerals;

• (2) Application of machine learning on the selection of potential materials for water treatment;

• (3) Inventing novel engineering applicable adsorbents for water treatment;

• (4) Molecular mechanisms of the environmental emerging problems: interaction between PFAS/heavy metals and microplastics.

Professional service

• Reviewer of Nature Water, Environmental Science & Technology, Water Research, Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Environmental Pollution, Science of The Total Environment, Chemosphere, Journal of Environmental Science, and 10+ other journals.